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Family-Owned Craft Brewery & Tasting Room · Hershey, PA
A family-owned Hershey brewery where a free self-guided tour, a from-scratch Snack Bar, and a beer-hall tasting room all share one big, easygoing room.
Our take We send a lot of out-of-town customers here when they ask where to unwind that isn't another ride line — it's an easy, low-key stop, and the free self-guided tour is a genuinely cool 20 minutes whether or not anyone's drinking. If you're making the trip and want the car looked over first, or road-ready for the haul home, we're a quick stop off I-81 Exit 80, about 12 minutes north of Hershey. However you enjoy the beer, let someone sober drive it home.
Tröegs has been a Central PA fixture since brothers John and Chris Trogner sold their first pint back in 1997, and since 2011 they've poured from a big, airy brewery just off Hersheypark Drive in Hershey. It's the kind of place we point people toward when they want something relaxed after a day of theme-park noise: walk in, grab a glass of something like the Perpetual IPA or the Troegenator Double Bock, and wander. The tasting room is open-seating and concession-style — no host stand, no reservations to fuss with. You order, you find a table or head out to the beer garden, and you settle in.
What we like telling folks about is the free self-guided tour. You take your beer and stroll a window-lined hallway that looks down onto the brewhouse, the fermentation tanks, and the packaging line clattering away. It's all-ages, so kids can watch the bottles fly by even though tastings and the guided production tour are strictly 21-and-up. The Snack Bar is a genuine from-scratch kitchen — they bake their own bread and do their own pickling, curing, and smoking — and the General Store up front sends you home with cans, crowlers, glassware, and brewery-only releases you won't find on a grocery shelf.
As of our last check, Tröegs generally runs from late morning into the evening seven days a week, staying open a little later on Friday and Saturday, with the kitchen serving throughout. They observe a handful of holiday closures and early-close days through the year. Hours can shift seasonally and around events, so check troegs.com or call ahead before a special trip.
Tröegs Independent Brewing is in Hershey, PA. The map shows both pins — Tröegs Independent Brewing and our shop in Grantville — so you can see exactly where it sits relative to us.
Yes. The self-guided tour at Tröegs is free and open to all ages — you walk a window-lined hallway and watch the brewhouse, fermentation tanks, and packaging lines as you go. They also offer a separate, bookable guided production tour, which is limited to guests 21 and older.
Yes. Families are welcome in the tasting room, the Snack Bar, and the self-guided viewing areas, and high chairs are available. Just note that tastings and the guided production tour are 21+ only — kids can come along for the food and the tour windows, but not for beer service.
No. The tasting room uses open, concession-style, first-come seating and doesn't take reservations, and the Snack Bar is a walk-up from-scratch kitchen. Guided production tours are the exception — book those ahead on their site.
Yes to both, with a catch on the dogs. The General Store sells cans, crowlers, and brewery-only releases to go, plus glassware and apparel. Dogs are welcome in the covered outdoor beer garden; indoors is reserved for service animals.
Verified via: Tröegs — official Visit page (hours, tours, policies) · Tröegs — official Contact page (address & phone) · Tröegs Brewing Company — Tripadvisor (2026 reviews)
Tröegs Independent Brewing is an independent, family-owned business we're featuring in our guide — we're not affiliated with it, or with Hershey or Hersheypark. Details come from the brewery and public sources and were accurate at the time of writing; beer service is 21+, and please confirm current hours before visiting.